The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12
YESTERDAY MORNINGS FIRE
THE LOSS AMOUR sf.0oo, ooo-N0 LIYEs
WE'RE LOsT.

TIE LOSS AMOUR $4,000, OO0-NO LIVES
WE'RE LOSE
Mr.. Hnyemeyer Appears Not to Suspect
Incendiarism-- Was the Refinery Fired
by Eacmies Made DurinE the strikes
Tho actuary Of the Havomeyer Sugar Re-
lning Company will be busy to-day preparing
q detailed and definite statement OF the loss
which the company has sustained In the de-
struotion by fire yesterday morning Of I'VE OF
their eight buildings in Groenpoint The build
ings wore vast brick structures ono Of them
thirteen stories high. Mono Of them was less
than seven stories. These buildings had a
frontage of 400 feet on Commercial street. and
extended 250 feet to the river, They were filed
with now and expensive machinery. Tho
superintendent Of the refinery said yesterday;
Tho fro was discovered n. IN O'Clock, and
fifteen minutes thereafter tho whole place was
In flames This refinery was made up OF addi-
tons to tho old Greenpoint sugar refinery when
tho HnvemeYer Company bought the place
somo years ago. One Of the new buildings was
the filter house on the river side. That build
Ing was thirteen stories In height The Are
men succeeded in saving II from total destruc-
ton. Those lower buildings there are tho
boiler houses; they prevented tho fire from
reaching the warehouses whore our raw sugar
Is stored. We manufactured about $500 barrels
OF sugar day.
"Of course. Of the fire cannot give any In
formation, One OF our dock hands. it IL said,
saw smoke coming from tho windows 0i tho
stencil room, and Mt once gave tho alarm TO
tho mon at work, and also sounded the fire
telegraph signal. There wore eighty mon ut
work last night. They oil got out. No lives
were lost, nor evon any persons injured. OF
this we are positive because Two lust called
the roll nnd have accounted for evory man who
The employees arc Hungsrisns and Poles,
pany by nq IN Tho total number m IS Of men
r. hs q ar
was at work with tho superintendent yester-
day about the ruins. said:
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their hard work for sugar trs Is most intense and
We are insured: While ! do not know tho eSsc.
Of al S snH w hs yo
Fay that the loss will foot up more than million dol.
!: e.;
late about what We shall do.
Chief Smith of the Fire Department said:
Fifteen minutes after We got the signal We had twelve
engines four trucks and the re boat Seth Low on tha
o Ea no
ne
mosn, 30 @ from Tie BOAT and .ax
VI sSSs ate; 'es is :s ~: no
Tho police say that, although the flames
spread with great rapidlty. there was sufficient
time for all the inmates to escape. Resvess
mnsS q
i frame house noss The refinery sOQk AZ. snd
rashed from the house the police learned from rom
them that goman 8nd her two children wers
g. the bS,sS G IN SAILS Ssa s and
and conducted them to the street. Fire Mar
shall Lewis said:
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window to the roof Of the extension building.
but" she added, they said he was all right
after no jumped"
A Polish woman yesterday afternoon ran
about THO ruins Of the fire saying that her hus-
band had been burned up. 1t was believed,
however. that he would resppear. When the
superintendent was informed Of these report.
cd disappearance he said that tho men would
be found all right when the excitement and
fright of tha scene had passed away.
Eve are positive. after careful inquiry. that
no lives were lost In the fire. One q the men
store in Clay street He was conducted to his
homo. We made our inquiry without regard
to ths positive statement OF me h
employees was lost"
Mr.. Wilkins. who was reported missing was
found at his home last night. OF the other
man. q Pole. whose name could not be aseer-
tanned. who WAS reported to be- missing, the
police say they have no record that such @
msn Is missing at ALL They are very certain
that no Lives were lost.